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RefNoEL/C1/66
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris
CreatorCassini; Jean Dominique (1625-1712); Italian/French mathematician; astronomer; engineer; astrologer
Date2 November 1676
DescriptionConcerning a figure showing the path of the sunspot where Cassini states that he has added positions for its future path in December
Figure no longer attached
Cassini asks for the observations of the sunspot from English astronomers
LanguageLatin
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Place originParis, le-de-France, France
Origin coordinates48.85341, 2.3488
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscribed in LBO/28/330
Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 13, p 145
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/f7408b37-b522-4c0a-8a87-4d3101f914d5
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA8383Cassini; Jean Dominique (1625 - 1712); astronomer1625 - 1712
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